Garment



July 16, 1929.

N. GROSS GARMENT Filed July 28, 1928 INVE TOR ATTORNEY Patented July 16, 1929.

UNITED. STATES PATENT 01u-ues.

s NATHAN Gnoss, or NEW Yox, N. Y.

'GARMENI Appneatioir mea-July as,

shoulder portion ofthe coat and the sleeves automatically adjust themselves to the shoulder and arm movements of the wearer.

Anotherobject of the invention'is to pro- Vide a coat of the character described which 1s simple in construction, durable in use and `which is. capable of manufactureI on a .commercial scale, or 1n other words one which 1s t the several parts and detail-s o not so diicult to make as to be-beyond the reasonable cost of such a garment.

t With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, they same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and roportion of l] construction l within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrifie# ingany of the advantages of the invention. ne of the many possibleembodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective interior view of the upper portion of a coat constructed in accordance with the presentfinvention, part of 'the lining being removed in order to more clearly show the construction; Fig.l 2 is a l section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig.

taken through said modified lining.

3 is a front elevation of a portion of *a modiied lining; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section Referring now first to Figs. 1 and 2 ofy the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the body portion of a coat, more particularly the outer material thereof. This body portion is provided withthe usual armholes 11,k to

` each of which is fitted a sleeve 12. Eachl sleeve is provided with an extension member -13 at its inner end, said extension member vbeing,r preferably, made integral with the sleeve and extending throughout the width of that portion thereof which is to be tted to the back element of the coat body.` In;

other words, said extension member, when fitted in a manner hereinafter to be described 192s. serial naasaa'za into the respective armhole of the coat, extends from the hi hest point 14 of the rear edge portion 15 o v the armhole to its lowest pomt 16.- Each sleeve is attached -to the coat by a line of stitching 17, securing the sald sleeve to the front element of the coat,

that is to say Vthe said stitching runsrfrom i `the highest point of the front edgeportion 18 of the armhole to its lowest point, leavlng the extension member `13 freeto be inserted into the armhole between the back ele- `ment of the coat and an inner lining 19,

presently to be described. This inner linslidably extended therethrough elastic tapes .ing may, be of any suitable type, it havingv i 20, the ends of which are attached to the two extension members 13. To the bottom portions of the said 'extension members are also attached elastic tapes, dehoted by the numerals 21, which are slidable on the lining 19, their ,opposite ends, denoted by the numeral 22, being fixed to the said lining. In

the case illustrated,"` the said lining is provided with slits 23, throughwhich said elasmally the extension members are disposed wholly within the coat body.. As the wearer moves the arms or shoulders, the extension members move out of the coat body, to be returned,.bythe'elastic tapes, to their normal positions as the movement of the arms or shoulders cease. From this it appears that the shoulder portions of the coat andof the sleeves automatically adjust themselves tothe shoulder and arm movements of the wearer.

Coats of this type are especiall adapted to be worn while playing golf or ot er sports which require the free action of the arm and shoulders at all times. The improvements are, however, applicable to coats of the conventional' type. n Amodification of the inner lining is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 ofthe drawings. This lining is composed of two layers 26 and 27,

between which elastic tapes 20 and 210i thev 1 i i type described in connectionvwith Fig..;;1 of

layers may be unitedin any suitablemanner.

What I claim is 1. A coat comprising a body portion prov'-1 vided With armholes, a. sleeve fitted to each armhole provided with an extension member i at its inner end running throughout the Width .of that section of the sleeve which co-oper ates withfthe back element of said body por- "tion, each sleeve being attached by stitching' 10 to the frontelement of said' body portion,

:said stitching extending from the highest point of the front edge portion of the respective ar'mhole to its,` lowest point,tl1e eXtension member of each sleeve being inserted through the respective armhole into said body of May, A. D. 1928.

portion and being adapted to move freely in relation thereto, elastic members secured to lsaid extensionmembers tending to keep the same Within saidbody portion, and a coat lin-` ing covering Asaid'extension members and said elastic members.

2. A coat according to claim 1, comprising a second coat lining interposed between said first-mentioned'coatA lining and the outer ma- NATHAN GROSS.. 

